Monday, 6 May 2013

In My Gap, i mentioned that i am now working on a project about children's interactive art space. An art community ground for children and as an area where parents and children can play together, more like spending a quality time together. I was inspired by these following quotes:

While developing the concept and making a website, i decided to make an awareness stage first, therefore My Gap is:

Illustrative campaign describes the importance of family activities and art in the development of a child.

Why illustrative campaign?

I personally believe that illustration and storytelling is a good way to share things, spread (implied) messages and it's easy to digest. Because i'm trying to enter the world of children, i choose illustration as a communication tools.

I am so much inspired by vintage print ads from early 60's to 80's where they put headline and sub-headline almost together until it feels like a flowing statement. Very strong. And i looooovvveee the fact that they always put sort of simple stories. It feels very warm and inviting :)

Illustrative campaign describes the importance of family activities and art in the development of a child. I need to wrote it down in a big and bold statement (literally) to push myself for doing it! :DThe thing is, i have this idea of Children's Interactive Art Space and Art Therapy. An art community ground for children so they can play like real artist (in fact they are a true, natural born artist!), meet with other artists, and most importantly: having an interactive activities with their parents.There are 2 issues that i took, based on the experience in Indonesia:1. Art is not a major thing. They rarely being appreciated and in fact art is considered as a simple things in primary school/ kindergarten. Because it's intangible and the result can not be measured by grade (supposed to, but here yes they do. Things like ugly drawing get poor mark, sky should be blue, flower should be like this, etc). The process isn't something to be seen; and it takes time. Yup, 1+1=2 is logic and more acceptable. 2. Technology is a new baby sitter. Working parents buy technology to calm their children, this phenomena is also popular in Indonesia. Crying kids? Just give them iPad. It isn't supposed to be that way... I personally missed the time where there are less technology so children can play in the park with their parents, dinner on the table, and doing fun things together! The illustrative campaign is one good way to start, IMHO.(this page is created as an assignment for Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society course by Karl T. Ulrich -coursera.org)

10. Illustrative campaign (connected to no 8) describes the importance of family activities and art in the development of a child.

I chose no 10 because no 8 is what i'm doing right now (ended up almost in a dead end) and i was thinking that i should pull myself back and create an awareness stage. I'm targeting modern family who lives in big cities (like where i live in) and pretty much get a high exposure of technology so that they lack of family bonding. I would love to create a stage to introduce how important the role of parents for their children, and how art can be a perfect option to help escalate the creativity, sharpen the caracter and create a priceless happy feeling for children.

And oh, illustration is one of my interest and skill. I found illustration is a good way to 'speak'.Please view MY GAP in this link :)

(this page is created as an assignment for Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society course by Karl T. Ulrich -coursera.org)

Scratching my back is a tricky process. Asking mom to scratch it might not be a good idea (well, unless she wants to). And even if i do like Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book but i prefer not to do the Bare Necessities scratching scene. But that won't be any more problem until i found this:

'Perfect Massage Stick" is written on the handle but we (me and my family) often call it "Back Scratcher". It's long enough to reach all area on your back, easy to grip and the fork-shaped end is a satisfaction guarantee. I fell in love when we first met each other in a traditional store in my local area.

(this page is created as an assignment for Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society course by Karl T. Ulrich - coursera.org)